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By now, teachers are givingthe first homework assign-ments of the year, so thatmeans school is officially un-derway in Regional SchoolDistrict 13. Town Timeschecked in with each schoolprincipal in the district for arecap on the start of the 2012-13 school year. Here’s whatthey had to say.

Scott D. Sadinsky,Strong Middle School prin-cipal: “The first day ofschool was fantastic. All stu-dents were genuinely excitedto be back, and it was great tobe a part of the positive ener-gy.

As to something I am look-ing forward to for this year:As part of a new state re-quirement, all students ingrades 6-12 are to develop andmaintain a Student SuccessPlan. In an effort to continueto build upon our positiveconnections with students,this year we are going to holdmonthly SSP meetings wherestudents will meet in smallgroups (8-10) with one adult.

These advisory groups willcomplete tasks based uponDevelopmental Guidancestandards outlined in the CTSchool Counseling Compre-hensive Guidelines and willfocus on topics such as aca-demics, social/emotional de-velopment and careers. Thisnew initiative should proveto be a great opportunity forevery student to build and/orfurther enhance a positive re-lationship with at least oneadult at Strong School while

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Photo by Stepahnie Wilcox

Route 77 in Durham is a state designated scenic road.

Drive into autumn onDurham’s scenic

highwaysBy Stephanie Wilcox

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If you plan to go for a drivethis fall to enjoy the NewEngland foliage, there areplenty of rural highways toenjoy in our neck of thewoods.

Connecticut, in fact, has atotal of 298.18 miles of desig-nated scenic roads, accord-ing to the State of Connecti-cut website (www.ct.gov).Durham’s Routes 17 and 77are among them.

On June 26, 2001, 1.40 milesof Route 17 in Durham (fromRoute 77 north to 125 feetnorth of Talcott Lane) and2.3 miles of Route 77 inDurham (from theDurham/Guilford town linenorth to Route 17) were desig-nated as scenic roads.

Ray Kalinowski, who wasfirst selectman from 1997 to2001, said it was a joint effortbetween the town and its His-toric District Commission topush for the state designa-

tion, and they were success-ful in accomplishing it.

“It is a beautiful stretch ofNew England,” Kalinowskisaid. “It has its charm anduniqueness and, with the his-tory of the Town of Durham,I think it was just a perfectfit.”

Many would probablyagree with Kalinowski, butthere are several qualifica-tions needed to be a scenichighway. According to thewebsite under the State De-partment of Transportation,“a state scenic highway mustabut significant natural orcultural features, such asagricultural land or historicbuildings and structureswhich are listed on the Na-tional or State Register ofHistoric Places, or afford vis-tas of marshes, shoreline,forests with mature trees, orother notable natural or geo-logic feature which singular-ly or in combination set the

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Jim McLaughlin, who waschairman of the Historic Dis-trict Commission when it se-cured the state designations,said there are 77 buildings onDurham’s Main Street listedin the National Register ofHistoric Places. He said the“Town Green, cemetery,churches, string of houses bythe churches on Main Streetand the Austin House” aresome of the historically sig-nificant features.

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stipulate that “the highwayshall have a minimum lengthof one mile and shall abut de-velopment which is compati-ble with its surroundings.Such development must notdetract from the scenic ornatural character or visualqualities of the highwayarea.”

McLaughlin said at thetime the commission was put-ting in its request, the statesuggested extending the sce-nic highway down GuilfordRoad as Durham’s HistoricDistrict wasn’t that long. Thisaction also extended Guil-ford’s scenic road, known asDurham Road, therefore in-cluding all of Route 77 inDurham and Guilford.

“A request for a state scenic

highway designation cancome from an agency, munici-pality, group or individual,and should be directed to thecommissioner of the StateDOT,” according to the web-site. “The Scenic Roads Advi-sory Committee makes a sys-tematic evaluation andmakes a recommendationthat is forwarded to the com-missioner for action.”

McLaughlin said he re-members the application be-ing “tedious” but “not thatbad.” He is still in possessionof the entire application sub-mitted on behalf of the His-toric District Commission.

The application included atwo-page letter, a resolutionfrom the Board of Selectmen,pictures of some historic

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places on Main Street, a high-way map (because miles aremeasured) and an inventorynomination from the Nation-al Register of Historic Places.

So what’s the point of a sce-nic highway? It “not only en-courages sightseeing alongthe roads but helps preserveit from modifications thatwould detract from its ap-pearance, such as reroutingor widening,” the websitesaid. And according to a docu-ment on the Town of Durhamwebsite (www.townof-

durhamct.org), “a scenichighway designation wouldprovide the town and its citi-zens the opportunity for addi-tional input to improvementsproposed by ConnDoT.”

“If it is designated as a sce-nic highway, the State High-way Department doesn’twant bad things to happen tothe road, like stone walls be-ing taken down,” McLaugh-lin said. “It causes any kind ofalteration to the road to have

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Sept.7Friday

Tot Time — The MOMSClub of Durham-Middle-field meets every Friday atPeckham Park at 9 a.m. Ba-bies, toddlers and childrenof Durham and Middlefieldare welcome. For more info,email [email protected].

8Saturday

Durham Historical Society— The Durham HistoricalSociety is open to the publicfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sat-urday, Sept. 8.Dudley Farm Farmers’Market — The Dudley FarmFarmers’ Market is heldevery Saturday through theend of October from 9 a.m. to12:30 p.m. rain or shine. Themarket offers a variety ofboth organic and non-organ-ic fruit, vegetables, eggs, nat-urally grown meat, bakedgoods, jams, jelly, honey,maple syrup, sprouts, freshflowers and crafts. All prod-ucts are homegrown orhomemade by the vendors.

The Dudley Farm is locat-ed on the northeast corner ofRoutes 77 and 80 in NorthGuilford.

9Sunday

Workshop — A SpiritualWisdom on Health and Heal-ing workshop is scheduledfor Sunday, Sept. 9 from12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Eck-ankar Temple of CT, at thecorner of Route 66 and Har-vestwood Road, Middlefield.The workshop will explorehealth from a spiritual van-tage point and will demon-strate exercises to help yourstate of health. A fee ischarged. For more informa-tion, email [email protected] or visit www.ct-eckankar.org.

10Monday

Durham Senior Lunches— Every Monday andWednesday, hot lunches areavailable for seniors over 60and their spouses at theDurham Activity Center(350 Main St.). Following thelunch on Monday is gametime, which includes bil-liards, Wii and cards. Bingostarts at 1 p.m. on Wednes-day. For pricing info and tomake a reservation, callAmanda Pedersen, seniorcafé manager, at (860) 349-3153.

Middlefield Senior Lunches — The MiddlefieldSenior Café is serving lunchthree times a week, on Mon-days, Wednesdays and Fri-days. Reservations are re-quired 24 hours prior, andthe monthly menu can bepicked up at the center,Town Hall, or at www.mid-dlefieldct.org.

11Tuesday

TOPS Meeting — Take OffPounds Sensibly) meetsevery Wednesday at 6 p.m.on the third floor of theDurham Town Hall. Con-tact Naomi Klotsko at (860)349-9558 or Bonnie Olesenat (860) 349-9433 for moreinformation.

12Wednesday

Transfer Station Closed —The Transfer Stationwill be

closed Wednesday, Sept. 12,for repairs.

13Thursday

Bridge Night — Come joinin at the Durham ActivityCenter every Friday nightat 6:30 p.m. for a fun nightof bridge. If you are notsure how to play, Jim willteach you. You may callJim at (860) 346-6611 withbridge questions. CallDurham Recreation at (860)343-6724 with further ques-tions.

14Friday

Dudley Farm Farmers’Market — The Dudley FarmFarmers’ Market is heldevery Saturday through theend of October from 9 a.m.to 12:30 p.m. rain or shine.The market offers a varietyof both organic and non-or-ganic fruit, vegetables, eggs,naturally grown meat, bakedgoods, jams, jelly, honey,maple syrup, sprouts, freshflowers and crafts. All prod-ucts are homegrown orhomemade by the vendors.

The Dudley Farm is locat-ed on the northeast corner ofRoutes 77 and 80 in NorthGuilford.

4C’s Square Dance —The 4C’s Square Dance Clubwill hold a dance on Friday,Sept. 14, from 8 p.m. to 10:30p.m. at Brewster School inDurham. The caller will beEd Rutty and the cuer will beSue Lucibello. For more in-formation, call (860) 349-8084or (203) 272-7463.Shred-It — The Lions Clubof Middlefield will host aShred-It gathering, withtrucks provided by Connecti-cut Recycling Recovery Au-thority Friday, Sept. 14, from9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Col-man’s Church (145 HubbardSt.). Residents of Middle-field/Rockfall/Durham canbring their personal records,bank statements, financialpapers, credit card informa-tion and other financial and

personal assets to be shred-ded. It is also OK to bring allyour leftover electronics,computers, microwaves,TVs, radios, computer moni-tors, laptops, wireless trans-mitters, etc., as there will bea recycling component tothis Shred-It event.

15Saturday

Community Hymn Singand Supper — As part ofthe celebration of its 150thanniversary, the Church ofthe Epiphany Episcopal,Durham, has scheduled ahymn sing and Supper forSunday, Sept. 16. The hymnsing begins at 4 p.m. at thechurch at 196 Main St. A freecommunity supper in thechurch hall will follow thehymn sing. It will run from5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The hymnsing and supper are free andopen to the public. Free willdonations, to benefit thechurch fund repair Hookand Hasting organ, will beaccepted. For more info, callJudy Moeckel at (860) 663-2703, (860) 280-7638 or [email protected] (& Walk) for theWoods — Connecticut For-est & Park Association, lo-cated in Rockfall, is holdinga Run (& Walk) for theWoods event to protectforests and trails and helpeducate children and adultsabout the environment andhealthful recreation. Theevent is Saturday, Sept. 15,from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Ses-sions Woods, Route 69, inBurlington. The event in-cludes a 5K trail race and 5Ktrail walk. Registration be-gins at 8:30 a.m. 5K trail racebegins at 9:30 a.m.; 5K walkstarts at 10 a.m. Four Seasons Plus concert— The Four Seasons Plusconcert “Mostly Baroque”will be held Saturday, Sept.15, at 4 p.m. Come hear selec-tions from the BaroqueRepertoire. There is a fee.Reception following concert.For info, call (860) 663-1109 orvisit www.churchinthewil-derness.org.

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16Sunday

Durham Senior Lunches— Every Monday andWednesday, hot lunches areavailable for seniors over60 and their spouses at theDurham Activity Center(350 Main St.). Followingthe lunch on Monday isgame time, which includesbilliards, Wii and cards.Bingo starts at 1 p.m. onWednesday. For pricinginfo and to make a reserva-tion, call Amanda Peder-sen, senior café manager,at (860) 349-3153.Middlefield SeniorLunches — The Middle-field Senior Café is servinglunch three times a week,on Mondays, Wednesdaysand Fridays. Reservationsare required 24 hours prior,and the monthly menu canbe picked up at the center,Town Hall, or at www.mid-dlefieldct.org.

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TOPS Meeting — Take OffPounds Sensibly meetsevery Wednesday at 6 p.m.on the third floor of theDurham Town Hall. Con-tact Naomi Klotsko at (860)349-9558 or Bonnie Olesenat (860) 349-9433 for info.

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Produce collection — JohnLyman School students willcollect homegrown vegeta-bles and fruits Tuesday,Sept. 18. Produce may bedropped off in the boxes inthe John Lyman School lob-by between 8:30 a.m. and 4p.m. The produce will be de-livered to the residents ofSugarloaf Senior Housingin Middlefield and MauroMeadows in Durham.


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Durham’s current First Se-lectman Laura Francis addedthat, in her experience, thedesignation has “not encum-bered us in any way or re-stricted us in any way.”

“It’s been unobtrusive toany of our town operations,”she said. “It’s good protectionfrom anything that might notbe acceptable to us. It alsohasn’t restricted us from any-thing we’ve wanted to do.”

And, she said, “It’s awfulpleasing to have the designa-tion in town.”

Highways(Continued from page 5) Community Hymn Sing

and SupperThe Church of the Epiphany, 196 Main St., has sched-

uled a Community Hymn Sing and Community Supperfor Sunday, Sept. 16.

The hymn sing begins at 4 p.m. It will feature hymnsthat would have been sung in 1862, the year Church ofthe Epiphany was established in Durham. Voices and or-gan or piano accompaniments are welcome. For moreinformation, call (860) 663-2703.

A free community supper in the church hall is sched-uled for 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The supper is part of Epiphany’sregular series of monthly community suppers that be-gan in 2009. For more information, call (860) 349-9644.

The events are part of Epiphany’s 150th anniversarycelebration. Both are free and open to the public.

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On June 30, a group of BoyScouts from Troop 27 inDurham embarked on a two-week expedition, headingwest to Philmont ScoutRanch in New Mexico.Philmont, one of three highadventure destinationsowned by the Boy Scouts ofAmerica, is spread over morethan 200 square miles ofrugged terrain in the Sangrede Cristo Mountains.

Scouts and adult leaderstest themselves physicallyand mentally on 10-day back-packing treks of 60 miles andgreater, at elevations of 6,500to 12,441 feet. They also learnhow to experience the wilder-ness using low impact camp-ing methods by followingprinciples of “leave notrace.” Crew members learnhow to help preserve

Philmont’s ecosystem byparticipating in a conserva-tion project during theirtrek.

The adventurers set out tomeet at Bradley Internation-al Airport to take a 6 a.m.flight to Denver Airport.From there, the scouts weremet by a guide from Blue SkyAdventures. For the first twodays, they stayed on the sce-nic campus of University ofColorado at ColoradoSprings, overlooking PikesPeak. While there, the boysexplored the Denver and Col-orado Springs area, visitingRed Rock Amphitheater andthe U. S. Air Force Academy.The scouts also rode the cograilroad to the top of Pike’sPeak, and then went for anexcursion down theArkansas River on a white-water rafting trip throughthe Royal Gorge. The nextday, the boys said goodbye tocivilization as they rode abus into the northern part ofNew Mexico.

On the day of their arrivalat Philmont Scout RanchBase Camp, the adventurerswere assisted by a mountainranger named Brandon ingetting their equipment forthe trek that lay ahead. Aftera one-night stay in Tent City,the boys rode a bus out ofBase Camp into the wilder-ness for the first of their 10-day backpacking trip. Theranger stayed with thescouts for two days, orient-ing them to skills they wouldneed for the remainder ofthe trek. He taught themabout safeguarding food inbear bags, how to hang bearbags properly (which turnedout to be just a precaution)and to safely purify water.After their ranger left, thescouts were on their own.

Each day there were stun-ning landscape views on thetrail, the forest thick withPonderosa pine and stands ofaspen. The crew participatedin a conservation projectthat involved rehabilitationand maintenance of a trail.The scouts came close to

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Scouts from Troop 27 on the summit of the Tooth of Time (elevation 9,003 feet) atPhilmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M.

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rock climbing and rappellingfrom a steep cliff, but a turnof the weather curtailed thatactivity.

Whether it was playing agame of mountain ball,hatchet throwing or burrowpacking, it was always bothchallenging and fun. Thecrew even had a chance toshoot black powder rifles.

The highlight of the tripwas the achievement of sum-miting two of Philmont’s fa-mous peaks, the Tooth ofTime (9,003 feet) and MountBaldy (12,441 feet). On thelast two days of the trek, thecrew was accompanied by aslow, but steady burrow (Wil-son, as he was proclaimed bythe Troop).

The challenges of thePhilmont experience testedthe scouts individually andas a group in many ways.Even when it was raining orsomething went wrong, theTroop always banded togeth-er to come up with a solutionand keep moving forward. Asthe boys finished the 69-miletrek, they were exhausted

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Letters to the Editor

TownOpinion8 Town TimesFriday, September 7, 2012

Government MeetingsDurham

Government Calendar(Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings areheld in the Durham Library. Check the townwebsite at www.townofdurhamct.org for up-

dates.)Monday, Sept. 10

Historic District Commission, 7 p.m.Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m. at Town Hall

Inlands Wetlands, 7:30 p.m.Special Town Meeting, 8 p.m. at Town Hall

Tuesday, Sept. 11DMIAAB Task Force, 7 p.m. at Town Hall

Library Board of Trustees, 7:30 p.m.Conservation Commission 7:30 p.m.Clean Energy Task Force, 7:30 p.m.

Durham Volunteer Fire Company Drill, 8p.m. at firehouse

Wednesday, Sept. 12Board of Education, 7:30 p.m. at Korn

Thursday, Sept. 13Board of Assessment Appeals, 7 p.m. at

Town HallZoning Board of Appeals, 7:30 p.m. at Town

HallTuesday, Sept. 18

Board of Finance, 6 p.m. at Town Hall

Wednesday, Sept. 19Recreation Committee, 7 p.m. at DAC

Planning & Zoning, 7:30 p.m.Board of Education, 7:30 p.m. at Korn

Thursday, Sept. 20Senior Citizen Board, 12:20 p.m. at DAC

MiddlefieldGovernment Calendar

(Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings areheld in the Community Center.)

Wednesday, Sept. 12Planning & Zoning, 6:30 p.m.

WPCA, 7 p.m.Tuesday, Sept. 18

Conservation Commission, 6:30 p.m.Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m.

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Sept. 19

Inland/Wetlands Commission, 7 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 20

Board of Finance, 7 p.m.DMIAAB, 7 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 24Middlefield Housing Authority, 9 a.m.

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Why didn’t youstop?

To the editor:I would like to thank the

person who drove down Wag-on Wheel Road in Durham onFriday afternoon, Aug. 24,and hit my parents’ dog. Notonly did you do that, but youalso took off. Who does that?Because of your poor judg-ment, she didn’t survive.

You took away a member ofmy family. Yes, she was a dog,but has been with us for 13wonderful years and, becauseof you, we had to bury her in-stead of getting her dinnerready that night. What I don’tget is the Town of Durhamtrucks were out cleaning theroad, so you definitely have todrive slow, but you didn’t. Mydog would have made a veryloud noise if she was hit. Sowhy didn’t you stop to see ifshe was OK?

Now I don’t know who toblame more — the driver whodid this or my town, whichhas careless workers whodon’t give a damn how fastpeople drive when a road is

being worked on. At the mo-ment, I can say I’m rather an-gry at both, and I really hopesomeone reads this and real-izes what they did. Please dothe right thing and come for-ward. It’s the least you can dofor killing our dog.

Kathleen AtkinsonDurham

Changes aren’tso drastic

To the Editor:This letter is in response to

your recent article, “Stu-dents Will See DrasticChanges to Lunch”, pub-lished on Aug. 30, 2012.While the Healthy Hunger-Free Act of 2010 has newstandards for school break-fast and lunch programs, thetruth is, a majority of Con-necticut school nutrition pro-grams have already mademajor strides offeringhealthy choices, as well as anincreased use of legumes,whole grains, and fresh, re-gionally-sourced fruits andvegetables – so these changesare not as drastic as suggested.

While the new USDAchanges are the largest inover 15 years, for many years,Connecticut school food serv-ice directors have been proac-tively offering nutritious op-tions and have continuouslyfound creative ways to incor-porate fruits and vegetablesinto meals.

Furthermore, many Con-necticut school nutrition pro-grams have already begunengaging in extensive nutri-tion education activities toengage students in activitiesthat extend beyond the lunch-room. In fact, studies haveshown that students givenhealthier food choices in thelunchroom were more likelyto consume them if theylearned about their food, itsnutritional benefits and cor-responding environmentalissues though hands-on activ-ities like school gardens, en-hanced nutrition and healthcurriculum and cookingclasses.

Children can be notorious-ly picky eaters, but school nu-trition directors are con-stantly looking to find newhealthy recipes that children

are willing to eat, so our hopeis that most school districtswill not see an increasedamount of food being thrownaway. While school lunchprograms continue to face ob-stacles related to limitedfunds and increasing foodcosts, it should be recognized

that Connecticut school foodservice directors have madedramatic progress in im-proving the quality of mealsserved to children each andevery day.

Susan Maffe, MS, RD,SNS, president of SchoolNutrition Association of

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Campaign notesThe state Elections Enforcement Commission approved

State Rep. Noreen Kokoruda’s (R-101) application for apublic grant from the Citizen’s Election Program for the101st General Assembly District election.

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Student’s progressmeasured individually

As we approach thenew school year, I wantto update the commu-nities of Durham andMiddlefield on the newCommon Core StateStandards. We are fac-ing a large-scale educa-tional change, so it is important thatwe maintain ongoing communica-tion between our schools and ourfamilies. Informational nights forparents will be scheduled this fall toprovide additional information.

The CCSS have been adopted by 48states and territories, including Con-necticut. This change will culminatewith national assessments in Eng-lish Language Arts and mathematicsbeginning in the 2014-15 school year.The assessments will measure stu-dents’ progress toward college andcareer readiness. Not only will com-munities be able to compare stu-dents’ academic achievement withthat of other students in Connecti-cut — as with the current CMT andCAPT — but these new assessmentswill even the playing field with stu-dents across the country. Unlike tra-ditional paper and pencil tests, thenew assessments make use of com-puter adaptive technology and en-

able students, parentsand educators to re-ceive much more time-ly feedback. Faster re-sults will enable educa-tors to use the informa-tion in their instruc-tional planning and

target student weaknesses with fo-cused learning strategies. Teacherswill be able to compare an individualstudent’s progress instead of com-paring one student with another.

The impetus for this reform istwo-fold: (1) the large number of ournation’s high school graduates whodo not meet academic requirementsto enroll in entry-level college cours-es and/or workforce training pro-grams and 2) the inequity of educa-tional standards that dot the Ameri-can landscape and have contributedto the continual decline in the Unit-ed States’ educational rankingamong other nations. The UnitedStates recently ranked 25th out of 34developing countries in mathemat-ics, falling behind countries such asJapan, Germany, and France. To pre-pare our students to be competitiveat the state, national and interna-

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From The DeskOf The FirstSelectman

Movie review: Celeste and Jesse ForeverI recently attended a writers’ con-

ference. One discussion centered oncharacter-driven vs. plot-driven sto-ries. Are stories interesting becauseof the characters in them or becauseof the situations that happen tothose characters throughout the sto-ry? Before you answer, consider aboring lead character. Would youcare what happened to him or her?Would you be invested? If you were,it is likely because you are hopingthe character will learn somethingnew, will change from the experi-ence, will evolve. If not, you willlikely stop reading, turn off the tele-vision/computer, or leave the the-ater. We want lead characters,frankly all characters, to be engag-ing, but we still want to be enter-tained by interesting plot twists.

I, for one, thirst for rich realisticcharacters, and I found them in Ce-leste and Jesse Forever. The storycenters on a separated couple whoremain close friends — more thanclose friends actually. They are best

friends... until theybegin to explore oth-er relationships. Togive you a sense ofthe irony, the open-ing scene startswith two coupleshaving a casual din-ner in a restaurant.On one side of thetable, you have acouple smiling ateach other but seem-ing otherwise distracted. On the oth-er side of the table, you have a paircuddled up close and cooing at eachother in ridiculous exaggerated Eu-ropean accents. The touchy-feelyfolks are the six months separatedCeleste and Jesse. When you realizeit’s not the other way around, youknow there’s something not quiteright, and you’re hooked.

Rashida Jones and Andy Sambergstar as the respective lead charac-ters and could burn through the cel-luloid with their sizzling chemistry.

(If only celluloidwere used in morefilm these days. Foran interesting retro-spective on digitalvs. photochemicalfilm, I would recom-mend the KeanuReeves produceddocumentary Sideby Side now avail-able OnDemand, butI digress.)

Celeste and Jesse = chemistry. Iam not talking sexual tension, al-though there is a bit of that hereand there. What I am referring to isthe comfort in being with someone,in enjoying their company, in under-standing someone and their under-standing you. They are genuine peo-ple who care about each other butare frustrated by each other at thesame time. They do not fall into anyromantic stereotypes, and no, this isnot a romantic comedy. Celeste andJesse Forever is a character study,

and it will resonate with you onmany levels. It did me.

So how can a couple so obviouslycompatible get a divorce? Celeste isa hot shot media analyst driven byambition, looking for fame and for-tune. Jesse is a carefree artist whoprefers to spend his time surfingrather than job hunting. How theycame to be together in the first placeis irrelevant. The fact is they did,and they love each other. But aftertaking each other for granted overthe years, is love enough a reason tostay together? You will have to tunein to find out. It is definitely worth ascreening, if only to find a part ofyourself buried in these complicat-ed characters.

My rating: 3 stethoscopesDr. Tanya Feke is a physician at

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In Region 13, we have beenpreparing for the implemen-tation of the CCSS. We un-derstand that the new stan-dards will help to address theage-old problem of a curricu-lum that is “a mile wide andan inch deep.” The new stan-dards are fewer in number,cleare, and higher in its levelof cognition as students areasked to apply knowledgeand transfer knowledge andskills to different situationsand under different condi-tions. We have ‘cross-walked’

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the mathematics standardsin our curriculum with thoseof the Common Core and ‘un-wrapped’ the new standardsto delve deeply into what thestandard are measuring. As aresult, during the 2011-12school year, we revised our K-4 mathematics curriculum.Beginning this fall, we willbe piloting a new K-2 mathe-matics program at Brewsterand Lyman Schools. Thissummer Region 13 staff fromfour of our schools workedwith educators from 19 Con-necticut districts to write in-structional units to supportthe new standards. This year,we will continue to revise therest of our mathematics cur-riculum.

We have also been workingwith our staff to address theshifts in the types of readingand writing that will be ex-

pected of students. For exam-ple, by fourth grade, studentsare expected to be readingequal amounts of fiction andinformational texts, or non-fiction. Increasing theamount of informationaltexts that our students readthroughout their K-12 careerwill help better prepare themto read college and career-ready texts. In addition, thenew standards place equalemphasis on three types ofwriting: narrative, argument(called “opinion” in gradesK-5) and informative. Thesetypes of writing as well asthe level of sophisticationthat is contained in the stan-dards are major shifts fromthe writing that has previ-ously been assessed on theCMT and CAPT.

Run (& Walk) for the WoodsConnecticut Forest & Park Association, located in

Rockfall, is holding a Run (& Walk) for the Woods event toprotect forests and trails and help educate children andadults about the environment and healthful recreation.

Held on Sunday, Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ses-sions Woods, Route 69 in Burlington, you’ll go throughwetlands with a beaver pond and observe wildlife such asthe pileated woodpecker, white-tailed deer, wild turkey,ruffed grouse and broad-winged hawks. Enjoy and con-nect to Connecticut’s land and trails.

The event includes a 5K trail race and 5K trail walk.Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. 5K trail race begins at 9:30a.m; 5K walk starts at 10 a.m. There also will be other fam-ily fun activities. Run or Walk and ask for pledges to sup-port CFPA. If you can’t join, you may support CFPA with adonation to one of the runners or walkers. Contact KaraMurphy at (860) 346-2372 or [email protected].

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Identity protection: To shred or not to shredBy Summer Lerch

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Safeguarding your identi-ty is very important. Loss oftime, money and emotionalwell-being can result if youare a victim of ID fraud.What should you shred andwhat should you keep? Theanswers vary.

Many people in the knowagree we need to save our taxrecords and all the support-ing information pertainingto that tax year for sevenyears after the return is filed.For everything else, here arethe general guidelines fromthe Connecticut Departmentof Consumer Protection:

1. Keep pay stubs and can-celed personal checks for oneyear.

2. After one year, shredanything you do not need for

tax, warranty or insurancepurposes.

3. Shred all credit cards re-ceipts, debit cards and ATMreceipts and bank statementsafter you have balanced yourcheck book and/or con-firmed the charges on yourcredit card statements. Storeany you need for tax/insur-ance/warranty purposes in asecure location.

4. Shred all statementsfrom your health insuranceor health plan.

5. Destroy anything withyour phone number, signa-ture, account numbers, socialsecurity numbers, cell num-ber; anything with your per-sonal medical, dental or legalinformation on it.

6. With purchases, keepyour store receipts until youare sure you will not be re-turning the item. Attach any

receipts you have to the war-ranties you purchased. Saveany receipts you may needfor taxes. All else, shred.

7. Keep supporting tax doc-umentation, i.e. W-2s, 1099s,canceled checks for at leastthree years and up to seven. Ifyou are in doubt, call a tax at-torney or talk to your ac-countant.

8. Keep copies of your actu-al tax returns permanently.

9. Keep canceled check andinvoices for home repair un-til you sell the house.

10. For high ticket items,keep warranty cards, in-structions and receipts for aslong as you own the items.

11. Keep car maintenancerecords until you sell the car.It is OK to give these to thenew owner. If you have anypersonal information there,black it out first.

12. For stocks and mutualfunds, bonds, keep records ofthe purchases and sales untilyou have reported the trans-action to the IRS. Then keepthese record with your othertax-related records.

13. If you want some an-swers or you suspect a prob-lem, call 1-800-842-2649 or(860) 713-6100. There is alsomore information on thewebsite: www.ct.gov/dcp.

Remember to protect your-self — no one else will.

On Saturday, Sept. 15, theLions Club of Middlefield willhost a Shred-It gathering,with trucks provided by Con-necticut Recycling RecoveryAuthority. From 9 a.m. to 1p.m. at St. Colman’s Church(145 Hubbard Street in Mid-dlefield) residents of Middle-field/Rockfall/Durham canbring their personal records,

bank statements, financial pa-pers, credit card informationand other financial and per-sonal assets to be shredded. Itis also OK to bring all yourleftover electronics, comput-ers, microwaves, TVs, radios,computer monitors, laptops,wireless transmitters, etc., asthere will be a recycling com-ponent to this Shred-It eventtoo.

This is a free communityevent; a donation to the LionsClub of Middlefield would begreatly appreciated. Come en-joy coffee with the Lions vol-unteers while you protect yourID and recycle your old elec-tronics.

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John Lyman Schoolstudents will collecthomegrown vegetablesand fruits Thursday,Sept. 20. Produce may bedropped off in the boxesin the John LymanSchool lobby on thesedays between 8:30 a.m.and 4:30 p.m. Donationsfrom the community arewelcome. The producewill be delivered to theresidents of SugarloafSenior Housing in Mid-dlefield and MauroMeadows in Durham.

Contact Margo No-vak, John LymanSchool, (860) 349-7240 orm n o v a k @ r s d 1 3 . o r gwith any questions.

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A Friend Is Who YouMake It! is a play co-writtenby MARC Community Re-sources participant KaitlynMcNamara, of Middletown,and Rodney Moore, of Strat-ford. Moore, who also di-rected the play, is an accom-plished actor, writer and di-rector. The play was per-formed by adults with intel-lectual disabilities fromMARC Community Re-sources in Middletown andtook place at the OddfellowsPlayhouse located at 128Washington St. in Middle-town on Aug. 28. The castincluded MARC partici-pants Tiffany Keleman, ofMeriden; Kaitlyn McNama-ra, Marah Johnson and Nic-ki Klement, all from Mid-dletown; Alan Zaharia, ofRocky Hill; and NatalieWelch, of West Hartford,with MARC Job CoachCorey Johnson, formerly ofMeriden, who now residesin Cromwell. The play high-lighted the significance ofmusic, work and friendship.

MARC Community Re-sources empowers adultsand children with intellec-tual and developmental dis-abilities to realize theirdreams and make choicesabout their lives. To honorand help fulfill thesedreams, MARC providespeople with choices forhousing, employment andsocial/recreational life.

MARC was founded in 1955by eight inspired familiesseeking public school educa-tion for their children. To-day, MARC serves more than200 people in residential, vo-cational, leisure and self-ad-vocacy programs. For moreinformation, call MARCCommunity Resources at(860) 342-0700.

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From left, Ralph Sacco, of Durham, with MARC Com-munity Resources President and CEO Liz Warner;MARC Community Resources Participant Allan Za-haria and his mother, Ella Zaharia. Allan Zaharia per-formed in the play A Friend Is Who You Make It! at theOddfellows Playhouse on Aug. 28. Sacco owns a DJservice in Durham called Music Mania and DJs atMARC Community Resources Day and Leisure Pro-grams. Sacco was in charge of the sound equipmentduring the play.

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This year, studentsseemed very excited aboutreturning to begin the startof a new school year. Our

fifth grade students seemedespecially comfortable intheir new building, and Ithink this is due to the manytransition activities we havethem involved with in thespring as fourth graders.

We have a very excitingslate of cultural arts activi-ties to look forward to thisyear, including visits by au-

thor Neal Shusterman andwriter Paul Acampora forour sixth graders and inter-active assemblies/field tripsfor our grade 5 students.This is a very exciting timefor teachers as well as welook to begin the integrationof the Common Core Stan-dards into our mathematicsand language arts curricu-

lum. A great deal of workwas completed during thesummer, including the instal-lation of new gymnasiumcushions and maintenancework to enhance the appear-ance of our school.

For me personally, this isthe best time of the year aswe get back to the business ofteaching our student andsupporting them in their aca-demic growth.”

Laurie Sinder, Korn Ele-mentary School principal:“Korn School welcomed stu-dents and their parents theday before school to “Meet

continuing to develop his orher 21st Century learningskills.”

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The beautiful weather al-lowed us to have our annualopening ceremony aroundthe flagpole. We also dedicat-ed a recently-planted tree inhonor of Mrs. Lil Michaud,who recently passed away.She worked for Regional

School District 13 for 35 yearsand was an assistant in theKorn library.

We will be implementingan initiative in reading usingThe Daily Five and TheCAFE book, and we are alsoexcited that we will have apart-time literacy tutor thisyear. Technology continuesto be an area we integrateinto our curriculum, and werecently received grant mon-ey to purchase iPods. We alsopurchased additional iPadsin the spring, which teachersand students are using on adaily basis. We are off to agreat start and are lookingforward to a successful year.”

Tom Ford, Lyman Ele-mentary School principal:

“We had a great first day atJohn Lyman. Everyone wasexcited for the students to beback, and the kids had a lot ofenergy and enthusiasm. Iwas especially impressedwith how well our kinder-garteners did on their firstday. The first day of school isalways special, and this onewas no exception.

What I’m most looking for-ward to is getting to know thestudents. Over the summer, Iheard so many wonderfulthings about the kids at JohnLyman, and it’s nice to startputting some names to facesnow that the school year isunderway. I’ve already start-ed working on my goal of

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MiddlefieldSenior Center

The Senior Center hasscheduled the followingevents:

The PBS special entitled“The Flood of 1955 in CT” isscheduled to be shown at thesenior center on Wednesday,

Sept. 12, at 1 p.m. All arewelcome and no sign up isnecessary.

Free blood pressurescreenings are offered on thefirst and third Wednesday ofeach month at noon. Thenext screening is scheduledfor Wednesday, Sept. 19. Theclinics are on a drop-in basis,no appointment is necessary

with the nurse.Bingo is scheduled for the

third Monday of each monthat 1 p.m. All are welcome.

Foot Care is scheduled forthe third Wednesday of eachmonth. The Masonicare pro-vides this monthly service.The nurse soaks, assesses,massages and clips the toe-nails. A fee is charged. Callthe Senior Center to sched-ule an appointment. (Bringtwo hand towels to the ap-pointment.)

The Middlefield SeniorCenter is located in the Mid-dlefield Community Centerat 405 Main St. If you haveany questions or would like

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60-Plus ClubThe 60-Plus Club is scheduled to meet Monday, Sept.

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learning everyone’s name assoon as possible, and the kidspromised they would helpme.”

Nancy Heckler, BrewsterElementary School princi-pal: “The first day of schoolwent extremely well. It was abeautiful day and the stu-dents were smiling and hap-py to be back. The kinder-gartners and first graders ad-justed well to their first fullday of school. We are lookingforward to an exciting schoolyear.”

Andre Hauser, Cogin-chaug High School princi-pal: We had a great start tothe year at Coginchaug.Freshman Orientation wentvery well, thanks to the ef-forts of the 35 students and15 faculty members whoplanned out and ran the stu-dent and parent portions oforientation. This year’s ori-


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One big event that is hap-pening throughout the yearis our continued preparationfor the New England Schoolsand Colleges accreditationvisit next March. We havebeen engaged in a self-studyprocess over the past year as

part of the once-a-decade ac-creditation process, and thefinal step will be to host avisiting committee for fourdays in March. I will be writ-ing about what the NEASCdoes and the process we haveundergone in more detail inmy next column for theTown Times.”

entation also had recordturnout, with more than 90percent of our new ninthgraders and close to 100 par-ents in attendance.

The first two days ofschool also went very well. Ispent much of the time visit-ing classrooms and talking tostudents, and I saw greatthings happening in class-rooms.

As you noticed if you havevisited Coginchaug in thepast month, we have beenhard at work on several im-provements over the sum-mer, including new floors inmany of the school’s com-mon areas and new, moredurable coverings on thewalls. What you can’t see, butwhat I am more excitedabout, is the upgrade to ourwireless network. We nowhave consistent Wi-Fi servicein just about every area ofthe school, and teachers aremaking great use of it in in-struction. We are encourag-ing teachers to experiment

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Auditions are from 7to 9 p.m. on Tuesday,Sept. 18, and Wednesday,Sept. 19. Rehearsals willbe in the evenings begin-ning the week of Sept.24.

Performances of ACivil War Christmas willbe Dec. 6-15 at 7:30 p.m.

Actors are asked to beprepared to sing a tradi-tional holiday carol orsimple tune such as“Happy Birthday.” Ac-tors in A Civil WarChristmas are encour-aged to appear as Zom-bie’s in William Shake-speare’s Land of theDead in November.

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Falcons football starts its season

Sunday, Sept. 2, was a beau-tiful day for theDurham/Middlefield Fal-con’s B Squad to start its 2012season with the SalomoneCup Game. The Falcons BSquad, led by captains TrevorSmith, Andrew Gleason, andAnthony Curry were ready totake on the HK Cougars. Thefirst half saw the Falcons de-fense behind strong play byTerry Lockwood and DavidSkelps make some toughstands and the offense led byQuarterback Curry andblocking by Justin Gagnerand Bryce Fleck move theball. In the end, the Cougarshad the lead at half-time.

In the second half, the Fal-cons defense played with pas-sion, with outstanding tack-ling by Giulio Guiffrida andcapped with an interceptionreturned for a touchdown byAndrew Gleason. The offensetried their best moving theball up and down the fieldwith receptions by Otto Wal-lach and some hard-runningby Alec Kulasenski, Brendan

Rae, Dylan DeGennaro andHogan Dahlman, but the dayfinished with the Cougarsahead on the scoreboard.

The Falcons look forwardto the game next week,which is home against SouthWindsor.

Submitted by Eric Kam-merer

Falcons CSquad wins

Salomone CupSunday, Sept. 2, the Fal-

cons C Squad faced HK inthe 4th annual SalomoneCup Game at home. Thefirst half was a defensivebattle with both teams shut-ting down the other’s of-fense.

In the second quarter, theFalcons marched down thefield on a 60-yard drive withgreat running from Antho-ny DeFilio, Blake Courch-esne and Anthony Santan-gelo. With only three sec-onds remaining in the half,quarterback Derek Grant,

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on a play action pass, threw aperfect spiral to tight end,Devin Geoghegan for an eight-yard TD. Fullback, BlakeCourchesne smashed it up themiddle for the extra point toend the half 7-0.

The offensive line, made upof Colin Sheehy, Aiden Sarcia,Jacob Toth, Carter Proto,Nevin Moore, Sylas Kelly andJacob Hoffman, did an out-standing job getting the of-

C Squad(Continued from page 19)

fense down field all day. The second half started

with a Falcons defense forcingHK to turn the ball over ondowns. Again, the offensemoved the ball quickly downfield with great running byTucker Carroll, Michael Roc-capriore, Derek Grant andShea Larkin.

Late in the third quarter,Shea Larkin scored a 40-yardTD run to move the Falcons toa 13-0 lead. Defense startedand finished the game. Greatjob by Michael Andrews,Dante Aparo, Anthony Biz-zario, Ryan Doyle, Quinn For-rester, Tyler Garretson, DevinGeoghegan, Sebastian Man-ning, Will Kammerer, JornLayman, Shane Meiselman,Logan Saks, Owen Stojak,Michael Roccapriore, TuckerCarroll, Shea Larkin, CollinSheehy and Kenneth Wallento seal the victory 13-0.Submitted by Eric Kammerer

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This summer theyare League Champions.The team went unde-

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feated (6-0) over the regular

season. A new playoff sys-

tem was started this year

with the top four teams in

playoffs the week after the

regular season ended.

The first playoff game

was Aug. 27, and Connecti-

cut Sign beat Dad’s 5-3 in a

very closely contested game

to advance to the champi-

onship game against

Durham Fitness two days

later on Wednesday evening.

This game was also close the

entire way, but Connecticut

Sign held on to win 5-4 in the

regulation seven innings.

Submitted by Deborah

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Mites off to ‘mighty’ football seasonThe kickoff of the Mighty

Mites season started Sun-day, Sept. 2, in the homeopener as the Falcons tookon the Haddam-Killing-worth Cougars in defense ofthe Salomone Cup.

The young Falcons teamwas led in the offensivebackfield by Jeremy Man-giameli, Graysen Egana andDalton Sisk. The offensiveline was anchored by center

Peter DeRita, linemenMichael Pitruzzello, Ben-jamin Pitruzzello Dante Sal-vatore and Drue Fleck. Alsoon offense were Hayden Sto-jak and Sal Monarca.

The Mighty Mites startedon defense first and held theCougars to just three yardson the first series and it wasthree plays and out for theFalcon defense, a theme thatwould be held throughout

the day. The first few pos-sessions for the Falcons hadthe offense just starting togel together and start mov-ing the ball. Then the rainscame. The fans took coverunder umbrellas and hid inthe press box but the fear-less Mighty Mites did notstop playing. They doubleddown on defense led by JohnPalo, Kevin Lee, ZacharyRaffles, Anthony Toth andHayden Stojak.

The HK team was havingno luck moving the ball, andthen on a big third downplay, they ran the ball 50yards and just as the Cougarrunning back was about toscore, defensive backZachary Raffles for the Fal-cons came in to make the de-fensive stop by tackling theback at the 10-yard line.This changed momentum inthe game and stopped thescoring drive. After a fewmore back and forth posses-sions, the score at halftimewas 0-0.

The second half startedsimilar to the end of thefirst where the defense forboth teams was just verytight. This was clearly go-ing to be a game of field po-sition. The Falcons took tothe air and Quarterback Je-remy Mangiameli was look-ing for tight end AnthonyToth as the two had connect-ed on several plays duringthe exhibition season.While the passing gamelooked like it might connecton a few plays, the defensefor the Cougars proved to betoo tough on this day.

The Cougars had achance late in the fourthquarter, but two big tacklesby both Toth and Magiameliwith no time left on theclock made the final score 0-0. The Falcons retained theSalomone cup for this year.

Join the Falcons as theytake on South Windsor in ahome game next Sunday,Sept. 9, at 3 p.m. at the HighSchool Football field.

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Amazing Grace FoodPantry is a program of St.Vincent de Paul. AmazingGrace offers food free ofcharge. Amazing Grace isopen Mondays, Wednesdaysand Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m.and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1p.m. Individuals and familiesare invited to shop once amonth and receive approxi-mately three days worth ofgroceries. Families choosethe food items they wouldlike that are available at thetime. Family member size de-termines the quantity offood allotted at each visit.

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• 35 percent of the food ispurchased through financialcontributions, by St. Vincentde Paul, at 16 cents per poundfrom The Connecticut FoodBank and local retail/dis-count stores..

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BradfordCollins

Bradford Collins, 64, ofDurham, beloved husband ofSuzanne (Stannard) Collins,died Sept. 2, 2012 at Middle-sex Hospital.

He was born in WestGreenwich, R.I., son of thelate Willis E. and Mildred“Millie” Collins, Sr.

Bradford was an employeefor the State of CT JudicialDepartment. Brad was a car-ing and compassionate per-son, even through his last actof life donation he had the in-terest of others at heart.

Besides his wife, he is sur-vived by his sons, EricCollins, of Queens, N.Y,. and

David Collins and his wifeStefanie, of Portland; grand-son, Grayson; his brother,Willis Collins, Jr. and hiswife Lynda, of Durham; andseveral nieces and nephews.

Services will be held Sept.7, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Biega Fu-neral Home, 3 Silver St., Mid-dletown. Friends may gatherprior to the service from 10 to11 a.m. at Biega FuneralHome.

Those who wish may sendmemorial contributions tothe Leukemia Society in hon-or of his sister-in-law, Bar-bara at Leukemia and Lym-phoma Society, PO Box 4072,Pittsfield, MA 01202.

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